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Like my other thread about Asian Educational Attainment - this is Black/African American educational attainment of Bachelor's degree or higher in 2016 by city level (not MSA/CSA). I have to say that in the 2nd listing below of the biggest raw change from 2015 to 2016, I'm quite surprised. Chicago tops it with the highest increase of people in this group with Bachelor's degree or higher even though the overall Black/African American population there has been notably decreasing for years. A lot of decrease in some of the west coast cities.
Cut off here is that cities must have at least 25,000 people part of this group to show up here. That only omits a few cities (i.e. Albuquerque, El Paso, and San Jose).
Source: 2016 US Census American Community Survey, 1 Year
Table B15002B
factfinder2.census.gov
Change from 2015 to 2016, number of people with Bachelor's Degree or higher
1. Chicago: +9642 people
2. Houston: +9413 people
3. Philadelphia: +8081 people
4. New York: +8027 people
5. Jacksonville: +5474 people
6. Memphis: +5113 people
7. Baltimore: +4109 people
8. Charlotte: +3682 people
9. Denver: +2821 people
10. Las Vegas: +2557 people
11. Nashville: +2179 people
12. Milwaukee: +1818 people
13. Boston: +1453 people
14. Detroit: +1450 people
15. Oklahoma City: +1392 people
16. San Antonio: +816 people
17. Austin: +636 people
18. Dallas: +595 people
19. Ft. Worth: -215 people
20. Phoenix: -322 people
21. Los Angeles: -449 people
22. Portland: -536 people
23. DC: -588 people
24. Columbus: -734 people
25. San Diego: -1053 people
26. Seattle: -1959 people
27. Indianapolis: -2280 people
28. San Francisco: -2473 people
Great thread. I am utterly ashamed to find that my beloved home city (Minneapolis) is not even on the list. We've got a lot of work to do, America, to fix the systematic racism and forgetfulness towards minority populations, which has plagued our nation for centuries. Although we have removed most systematically racist polices, their effects still linger like a cancer which won't go away. There is still a long way to go to heal some of America's deepest wounds. Let's get at it.
Great thread. I am utterly ashamed to find that my beloved home city (Minneapolis) is not even on the list. We've got a lot of work to do, America, to fix the systematic racism and forgetfulness towards minority populations, which has plagued our nation for centuries. Although we have removed most systematically racist polices, their effects still linger like a cancer which won't go away. There is still a long way to go to heal some of America's deepest wounds. Let's get at it.
I don’t think it will ever go away although it much better than past.
Great thread. I am utterly ashamed to find that my beloved home city (Minneapolis) is not even on the list. We've got a lot of work to do, America, to fix the systematic racism and forgetfulness towards minority populations, which has plagued our nation for centuries. Although we have removed most systematically racist polices, their effects still linger like a cancer which won't go away. There is still a long way to go to heal some of America's deepest wounds. Let's get at it.
I'm guessing Minneapolis's sizable Somali community, many of whom are refugees, has something to do with that.
If you go back one page, you'll see Minneapolis and St. Paul on a list in general. Unfortunately they don't rank highly at all. Wondering how the metro area would fare though..
It is hard to get meaningful numbers about the Twin Cities because east Africans and African Americans have different dynamics but the census treats them as one group. The Somalis and Ethiopians who came here arrived destitute, most had never graduated from school and didn't speak the language so the first generation is extremely poor. The generation that was born here seems to pursue education at a very high rate. They seem to be more similar to Asian immigrants than long settled Americans in that regard. It is likely that in 20 years statistics will show a different picture for blacks in Minneapolis but it will be hard to say whether it has more to do with Somali Americans or African Americans.
^ I grew up in Minnesota and this is true, though there were a lot who arrived in the early to mid 90s who were of school age. Many finished High School and I knew some, though not tons, but some who went on to get college degrees. You'll probably see this percentage rise a bit in a generation or two.
I agree it's not that friendly, but you can learn. After you understand it, it's not that hard. Also that's just the UI. There's raw data too in case you are more comfortable working with that (also easier to get large data sets faster).
These are the cities of 300K+ population (2016 estimates - Honolulu and Lexington, KY I couldn't find data for yet). Yeah, arbitrary - but still a decent list. However, there are some cities on here like Anaheim with barely a community but included here. Anyway:
Baltimore and Saint Louis stand out because the white population has graduated from college at a rate that is well over triple the rate for blacks. Black people are aware that, to a large extent, they just don't have the job opportunities that the average white person has. This is an obvious cause for resentment for blacks. After all, their struggles to earn a decent living are real and the situation is unlikely to change in the short/medium term.
It is also hard for white people to deal with the situation since a college education is a privilege that is impossible to give up. Once you have got it, you've got it!
No wonder these cities have huge racial tensions! Dallas, Minneapolis, and probably some other cities are just as far out of balance but those cities don't have black majorities/pluralities.
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